AMBATI RAYUDU

MS Dhoni may rank Stuart Binny as the best seam-up allrounder in India, but the Karnataka man doesn't find a place in People's India XI for the team's World Cup opener against traditional rivals Pakistan on Sunday.
In a survey conducted by Cricketnext, asking people to predict the playing XI India...

Rapid centuries by Glenn Maxwell and David Warner lifted Australia to a 106-run win over India in a warm-up match on Sunday that built up their prospect for the World Cup while leaving India winless in the dry Australian summer.
Maxwell slammed 122 from 57 balls before retiring and Warner hit...

Vadodara: An upbeat Bengal side led by their gutsy captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla will start as favourites in the Ranji Trophy opener against Baroda, who would be without the services of their batting mainstay Ambati Rayudu, out with a hip injury.
Although Baroda are playing a home match, the team is...

Mumbai: Baroda all-rounder Yusuf Pathan will lead West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy inter zonal one-day knock out tournament to be played from November 29 to December 3.
West are drawn to meet the winners of the quarter-final match between South vs Central in one of the two semi-finals on December...

India's ace batsman Virat Kohli feels that his endeavour always is to lead a young Indian side by example and wants the team to make winning a habit and not give an inch to the opposition.
Kohli, who was the stand-in skipper in the recently concluded home series against Sri Lanka,...

Ranchi: Virat Kohli (139 off 126) played a captain's knock by taking his side home when the chips were down as India won the 5th and final ODI against Sri Lanka in Ranchi by three wickets.
The Indian innings got off to a poor start as the team lost both their...

Sri Lanka once again kneeled in front of India's domination on Sunday, losing the third ODI by six wickets and with it the chance to stay alive in the series, which India now lead with a winning 3-0 margin.
The ODI champions continued in the ruthless fashion promised by skipper Virat...

A series that had the potential to be a closely contested one had so far been a major disappointment, after all it is a contest between the World Cup finalists, but India have looked a side that can win against Sri Lanka even while sleep-walking.
The Lankan team, boasting the likes...

Banned for participation in the rebellion T20 league, given amnesty years later, worked hard to earn India colours and now owner of an ODI century - life indeed came full circle for Ambati Rayudu on Thursday evening.
Promoted to bat up the order at No. 3 by skipper Virat Kohli, who...

Ahmedabad: An elated Ambati Rayudu on Thursday said that his maiden hundred in international cricket will certainly be a "special one" as it took a long time to come.
Rayudu, who first time played for India A back in 2003 as a 18-year-old talent had lost his way in the middle...

India's batting dominance and penchant for successful chases continued in the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Thursday, as Ambati Rayudu celebrated his maiden ODI century to give India a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Sri Lanka's competitive 274 looked minuscule in front of Rayudu's belligerence, who was promoted to...

Dharamshala: Bolstered by their dramatic come-from-behind win in the last game, India will look to keep the winning momentum going when they meet West Indies in the fourth cricket one-dayer here on Friday on what is expected to be a pacy track.
The series is locked at 1-1 and the picturesque...

How would you feel if denied a chance to have homecooked Hyderabadi biryani? Not very good, we suppose.
Well, the captain of the Indian cricket team and IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, too didn't take it lightly when a Hyderabad fivestar hotel prevented the CSK squad from...

Birmingham: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's poor judgement in refusing singles in two balls in the last over saw India going down by three runs to England in a thrilling finish in the oneoff Twenty20 international at Edgbaston here Sunday.
A blistering 71 off 31 balls from captain Eoin Morgan helped England post...

London: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he hoped the younger players in his side would learn from their time in England after a tour of mixed fortunes ended with a dramatic Twenty20 defeat.
It looked as if India, who lost the fivematch Test series 31 but recovered to win the...

India will return home from England with the ODI trophy, though the more desired one slipped badly out of their hands in the Test series. But given the World Cup is less than six months away, it's a consolation that should do the muchneeded good to the flagging spirits of...

Riding on Joe Root's second ODI century and an improved performance by their bowlers, hosts England salvaged some lost pride by winning the inconsequential fifth ODI against India by 41 runs at Leeds on Friday, which ended the series 31 in favour of the visitors.
Root's 113 at better than a...

Nottingham: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday lauded his spinners and batsman Ambati Rayudu for his side's sixwicket thrashing of England in the third cricket onedayer to take an unassailable 20 lead in the fivematch ODI series here.
The Indian spinners, led by Ravichandran Ashwin (3/39), shot England out for...

India put in another allround show at Nottingham on Saturday to hammer England for the second game in a row as they beat the hosts by seven wickets in the third ODI to take an unbeatable 20 lead in the fivematch series.
The world champions were clinical in every department of...

London: Underfire batsman Virat Kohli finally came good and the bowlers delivered to help India beat Middlesex by 95 runs in the the 50over practice game at Lord's on Friday.
Chasing a target of 231 runs, the hosts were bowled out for 135 runs (39.5 overs) with youngster Karn Sharma picking...

Brisbane: Naman Ojha and Ambati Rayudu hit unbeaten centuries each to rescue India A to 285 for five in their second innings on the fourth and final day as the unofficial Test match against Australia A ended in a draw at Allan Border Field on Wednesday.
After an unconquered double ton...

Chasing 190 to win off just 14.3 overs to qualify for the playoffs, Corey Anderson smashed off and Ambati Rayudu played a cameo of 30 off 10 as duo helped Mumbai Indians register a sensational 5wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in just 14.4 overs.
Rajasthan Royals scored 189 in their 20...

Driven by knocks of Lendl Simmons (68 off 50) and Ambati Rayudu (68 off 46), Mumbai Indians overwhelmed Sunrisers Hyderabad's target of 158 with ease by clinching the match by seven wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday.
A total of 157 looked competitive, but Simmons and Ambati...

Just two wins in eight games notwithstanding, defending champions Mumbai Indians' batsman Ambati Rayudu still believes the team has a chance to make the semifinals if it raises its performance by a few notches.
"We have to win most of our away games as well as when we come back here....

Mirpur: Despite the demoralising defeats against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India middle-order batsman Ambati Rayudu put his weight behind stand-in-skipper Virat Kohli and his team-mates, saying that the captain as well as the team are putting in as much effort as they could.
"He has been learning a lot from Dhoni...

Whangarei: The Indian toporder failed to convert good starts but Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane struck moraleboosting fifties ahead of the Test series as the visiting team's twoday practice match against New Zealand XI ended in a tame draw on Monday.
India batted out the second day, finishing at 313 for...

India made bold moves, some logical and some totally out of context, but it boiled down to Indian bowling that caved in once again and failed to defend a competitive 278 for 5, which New Zealand overhauled to win by seven wickets and with 11 balls to spare thanks...